Just South of Duluth I was navigating traffic at a brisk pace when I saw a rider in my mirror that was gaining on me. We ended up flowing along together for some time and I have to say I really enjoyed the company. He rides very well and we met up later at the rally. I really like those Super Tens and it looked like he was having fun. He is a lurker here so he can chime in with his info if he wants.
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Once registered I had a look around to find a tent site.

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Here is the view from my tent.

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The roving violinist complete with umbrella girl.

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serious riders were in abundance.

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And the experts were about...

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I met some really nice folks. Clearly this rally draws motorcycle enthusiast who just love to ride and appreciate all brands and styles. The award for furthest traveled went to a man from Honolulu who had ridden from Cali. I saw several states represented, Florida, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Washington, Arkansas and I am sure many others.

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Who are you, Ernest Hemingway?- Campari
Nobody pretends to be from Iowa.- WaterWheel

They were a nice couple.. I talked to them on Friday night for a while.. Good folks!!

And that's me with my back to you, just behind the bike.. I was chatting with another group who were hitting me up for info on my R12GS.. They both rode R11GS's and the wife rode a 400 Bandit.. From Central MN, they were a fun group of people.. Actually, I met up with a lot of really great people!!

Nice event, and nobody yelled at me for being too loud..
Well, almost nobody..

TALLGUY wish I had met you, but you have a picture of my KLR and camp the blue KLR from CT with the cup holder and radio, homemade milkbox panniers with custom rod holders and the ADV stickers. I was present for VBR II and III hope to see you at IV or on the road before and share a cold one.

Thanks for the photo TALLGUY, I'm not sure if I talked with you but I did talk to a lot of people. I was surprised that I had the only Tex there. I had a great time, met lots of great people and looking forward to VBR IV.

This is one of the best rallys around. Andy Goldfind and Aerosticth are just a class act all around. I went in 2008 and it was a real hoot. Andy out did himself once again. I did get a few minutes to chat with him and thank him for putting on such an event at a low cost 67.00.